Node Express Server with REST API and Svelte.dev as web framework

Based on node-express-server-rest-api project that was combined with Svelte.dev project created by

npx degit sveltejs/template my-svelte-project

Features

• Babel 7
• Environment Variables
• Express
• REST API
• Svelte.dev
• Hot reload

Requirements

• node & npm
• git

Installation

• git clone git@github.com:keenmate/node-express-svelte.git
• cd node-express-svelte
• npm install
• npm run dev to run development environment with hot reload
• OR
• npm start to just serve already generated data in public folder and REST endpoints
• optional: include .env in your .gitignore

GET Routes

• visit http://localhost:3000
  • / will display Hello world page generated with svelte
  • /messages
  • /messages/1
  • /users
  • /users/1

Beyond GET Routes

CURL

• Create a message with:
  • curl -X POST -H "Content-Type:application/json" http://localhost:3000/messages -d '{"text":"Hi again, World"}'
• Delete a message with:
  • curl -X DELETE -H "Content-Type:application/json" http://localhost:3000/messages/1

Postman

• Install Postman to interact with REST API
• Create a message with:
  • URL: http://localhost:3000/messages
  • Method: POST
  • Body: raw + JSON (application/json)
  • Body Content: { "text": "Hi again, World" }
• Delete a message with:
  • URL: http://localhost:3000/messages/1
  • Method: DELETE